I have a love-hate relationship with Gwyneth Paltrow. When she’s talking about her kids, I love her. When she’s making snooty statements to the press, I don’t love her so much.
She has a website now, called “Goop (unfortunate name, right?).” I’m not really certain why she has this site. A public service, perhaps? To teach the rest of us how to live a fabulous life? You know I’m all about that, right? And Gwyneth does seem like someone who has it all “together.” So I’m buying.
I periodically receive emails from the site. I guess I’d signed up for them quite a while ago, when there was no content, and then out of the seemingly blue, I started getting some interesting items: recipes, style tips. But my favorite email thus far has been this week’s, on cleansing and detoxing your body.
My friend L is starting the Master Cleanse on Monday. And she wanted me to do it with her (misery loves company, right?). I thought to myself, “hey self, let’s start the new year off with a cleansed and detoxed body.” And then I checked it out. It’s that creepy cleanse that requires you to live for two weeks on something like lemon juice, cayenne pepper and maple syrup. Really? Can you even survive 2 weeks on that liquid diet? There was no way I was going to agree to suffer though that with L. I actually like food. But I thought about the idea of a cleansing of my system, and it started to sound like a pretty good idea to me. I’ve been overindulgent this holiday season. I’ve put on a few. I’ve actually found myself unbuttoning my jeans as I sit down at the dinner table. And the very next day, I checked my email to find the cleansing and detox plan from Gwyneth (originating from her doctor), and it seemed like more than a coincidence. It seemed fortuitous. The actual plan does not seem to be up on her website yet, which I am finding very irritating, but if you sign up for her newsletter, I’m sure you’ll see it in your inbox this week. It’s definitely worth taking a look at, if you’re interested in cleansing your body of 2008 and preparing it 2009.
So, I begin the cleanse on Monday. It looks manageable. Not much cruelty, really. It’s really the way that I should be eating in the first place, you know? If I had a personal chef, and all. Just kidding. It’s doable, for sure. My husband even signed on. I’ll let you know how it goes…
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I agree. I never believed in them. I’ve read that our body detoxes itself as long as we eat healthy and drink lots of water. Makes sense to me.
Janet -
I gave up early on day 3. I nearly passed out and decided it was not worth it. So I ran down to the bagel store, got a salt bagel with butter, then headed to the gym. With the excpetion of the bagel, I’m doing it the old-fashioned way. At the gym! Cleanses are dumb. Enough said.
How’s the cleanse going??
Hmm, sounds interesting. I feel like I may have already registered but don’t get emails…I think you might have made the recommendation once…
I think you might be interested in a book by the late Stanley Burroughs, Healing for the Age of Enlightenment. He is the originator of the Master Cleanse. Getting though the whole thing succesfully is incredibly empowering. Good Luck.
My husband and I are at the end of Day 2 and still trucking. Good luck!
I think it comes from her initials, GP. But she wasn’t too clear about it when I caught her on an episode of Oprah. She said something to the effect that it is “everything … a state of being.”
I feel the same way about her, for various reasons. But the cleanse thing is enough for me to give the site another look. Does anyone know where the name came from? Seems everyone agrees on that one – it is weird.